IFNA8

IFNA8
Identifiers
Aliases	IFNA8, IFN-alphaB, interferon alpha 8
External IDs	OMIM: 147568; MGI: 2667155; HomoloGene: 68237; GeneCards: IFNA8; OMA:IFNA8 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 9 (human)
End	21,410,185 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 4 (mouse)
End	88,562,696 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	cerebellar cortex; ; cerebellar hemisphere; ; right hemisphere of cerebellum; ; primary visual cortex; ; prefrontal cortex;
	Top expressed in
	embryo; ; embryo;
	More reference expression data
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function	cytokine activity; type I interferon receptor binding; cytokine receptor binding;
Cellular component	extracellular region; extracellular space;
Biological process	natural killer cell activation involved in immune response; B cell differentiation; defense response; B cell proliferation; blood coagulation; positive regulation of peptidyl-serine phosphorylation of STAT protein; humoral immune response; adaptive immune response; defense response to virus; type I interferon signaling pathway; response to exogenous dsRNA; T cell activation involved in immune response; innate immune response; cytokine-mediated signaling pathway; regulation of signaling receptor activity;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	3445
	230396
	ENSG00000120242
	ENSMUSG00000063376
	P32881
	Q80SU4
	NM_002170
	NM_177347
	NP_002161
	NP_796321
	Wikidata
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Interferon alpha-8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IFNA8 gene.